Vitrea transsylvanica is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pristilomatidae.[1]
| Vitrea transsylvanica | |
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| Shell of Vitrea transsylvanica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Gastrodontoidea |
| Family: | Pristilomatidae |
| Genus: | Vitrea |
| Species: | V. transsylvanica
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| Binomial name | |
| Vitrea transsylvanica (Clessin, 1877)
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Description
editThe shell is small: 1.3-2.2 mm x 3.0-4.5 mm.
The body whorl is more inflated than in Vitrea subrimata and Vitrea subcarinata. The width, as seen from above, is around 2.3-2.6 times that of the penultimate whorl. The first whorls are denser arranged than in Vitrea subrimata. The aperture, as seen from above, is weakly curved (Nautilus-like protruded). There is no umbilicus
This species differs from Vitrea diaphana in its wider body whorl and its Nautilus-like protruded aperture (in Vitrea diaphana straight).[2]
Distribution
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This species occurs in:
The species occurs in closed forests, mainly in beech forests.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vitrea transsylvanica (Clessin, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002780 on 2023-06-14
- ^ AnimalBase: Vitrea transsylvanica
- ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
- Pintér, L. (1972). Die Gattung Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833 in den Balkanländern (Gastropoda: Zonitidae). Annales Zoologici, 29 (8): 209–315. Warszawa
- Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017